10 Chords used in the song: C, C/G, Am, Am/E, F, F/C, G, C/B, C/A, G7
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Intro -C
C/B
Verse -C
C/G
C
C/G
Am
Am/E
Am
Am/E
F
F/C
F
F/C
G
G
G
G
Chorus -F
G
C
C/B
C/A
C/G
Am
Am/E
Am
Am/E
F
F/C
F
F/C
G
G
G
G
C
C/B
C/A
C/G
Am
Am/E
Am
Am/E
F
F/C
F
F/C
G
G
G
G
C
C/G
C
C/G
O the minarets of ConstantinopleAm
Am/E
Am
Am/E
Are plated gold, ivory, and opalF
F/C
F
F/C
G
G
G
G
Their cupolas all onion domed and light.C
C/G
C
C/G
And the magistrate of ConstantinopleAm
Am/E
Am
Am/E
Has made a match; his family was hopefulF
F/C
F
F/C
G
G
G
G
Their daughter would be promised a wedding night.F
G
But the Sultan's weary bride, she won't be wed tonightC
C/B
C/A
C/G
Am
Am/E
Am
Am/E
Nor fall beneath a canopy to lieF
F/C
F
F/C
G
G
G
G
For far across the town, her lover now is drownedC
C/B
C/A
C/G
Am
Am/E
Am
Am/E
And painted by the Bosporus in blueF
F/C
F
F/C
G
G
G
G
And there's nothing for a broken heart to do.C
C/G
C
C/G
Down the dirty streets of ConstantinopleAm
Am/E
Am
Am/E
The beggars weep, their hands all wide openF
F/C
F
F/C
G
G
G
G
Their severed leper limbs all swing and sway.C
C/G
C
C/G
At a windowsill in ConstantinopleAm
Am/E
Am
Am/E
Our Hero sighs to melodies notefulF
F/C
F
F/C
G
G
G
G
And gazes on the walls that hold his love.F
G
But the Sultan's weary bride, she won't be wed tonightC
C/B
C/A
C/G
Am
Am/E
Am
Am/E
Nor fall beneath a canopy to lieF
F/C
F
F/C
G
G
G
G
For far across the town, her lover now is drownedC
C/B
C/A
C/G
Am
Am/E
Am
Am/E
And painted by the Bosporus in blueF
F/C
F
F/C
G
G
G
G
And there's nothing for a broken heart to do.F
F/C
F
F/C
G
G
G
G
No, there's nothing for a broken heart to do.C
C/B
C/A
C/G
Am
Am/E
Am
Am/E
F
F/C
F
F/C
G
G
G
G
Except cry.
End withG
G
G7
C
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